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Next Pool

Our Virtual Power Plant for the Energy Transition

In our Virtual Power Plant, we connect thousands of power producers such as biogas, wind or solar power plants and power consumers. By intelligently controlling their feed-in and consumption, we are able to valorize their power and flexibility at different markets. With a total capacity of more than 4,000 megawatts, we also help balancing frequency fluctuations of the power grid.
Together with all particpants, we are shaping the energy landscape of the future – with a reliable power production from 100 % sustainable energy sources.

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Would you like to become a part of Next Kraftwerke’s international success and shape the development
of the energy transition?

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Our way of thinking and working

Profitable

Every minute, the price of electricity changes. Why shouldn’t small-scale power producers and flexible consumers profit from this market opportunity? Flexible participants of our Virtual Power Plant produce or consume power when it is financially most beneficial for them.

Digital

Digitization is the key to the new energy world: In our Virtual Power Plant we network thousands of power-producing and power-consuming units. This allows us to control all units like a single plant – one with a capacity larger than two nuclear power plants.

Sustainable

The future power supply will mainly consist of wind and solar power. Other power producers and consumers will need to compensate for the fluctuating feed-in. This is already happening in our Next Pool, helping us leave fossil and nuclear-based power production behind.

How our Virtual Power Plant works

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How the Virtual Power Plant works

The frequency of the power grid is permanently fluctuating. One of the main reasons is the volatile feed-in of solar and wind power. With our Virtual Power Plant we can minimize this fluctuations. Imagine a cloudy day with little sunshine for solar parks: our aggregated biogas plants pitch in and increase their production.